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**Educator, Husband, Father & Writer** Spirituality_Philosophy_Psychology_Comedy ~Contemplation is my life station. ~Helping_myself_&_others to tune in, within!
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Allow me to finally introduce myself:
Ron Ben Who = BYR0N B. H00VER
Why “Ron Ben Who?”
It’s a pun (shocker;). The writing on this account is "by Ron." Also, fun fact, “Ron” was actually my dad’s name, so I am quite literally by Ron. And “Who” because my last name is
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Here
is a thought experiment:
Imagine that all of your life is actually a thought experiment.
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I don't have a "God complex."
I have a complex view of God.
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I have a hunch that
the reason
to go beyond reason
is not acquired through reason
but through intuition.
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Successful people embrace the suck
and in misfortune they find the luck.
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If you seek cheap dopamine happiness
like it’s a static state of enjoyment
like it’s an amusement, put in park,
you better prepare to be taken
for quite a ride…
.
That immediate gratification,
pleasure-first thinking
is a first-class ticket
to a bumpy roller-coaster
or
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Education is
the conscious shaping
of shapeable consciousness.
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THE MATRIX HAS YOU!
-The cultural matrix has you in a cage of conventions.
-The linguistic matrix defines and confines your mind.
-The familial matrix binds with emotional attachments.
-The field matrices fence you in with paradigms.
THE "YOU" MATRIX HAS YOU, TOO!
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Having all the answers is just a way to avoid questions.
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I sincerely APOLOGIZE!
I do NOT have a thread today!
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
All I have is this threadless needle...
what could I possibly weave?
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The road to _______ is a journey
with bumps the sages say
you end up where you started
but facing a different way.
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(✍️📅"Long-Form" Writing 😅😉)
MAKE IT HAPPEN!
What is YOUR “it”?
Seek it.
Search it.
Learn it.
Teach it.
Listen for it.
Find it.
Argue it.
Question it.
Trust in it.
Follow it.
Lead it.
Let your own talents foretell which trails to blaze.
Dig it.
And dig it deeper.
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Your "calling" is like your heartbeat...
the faster you run from it,
the louder it throbs.
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Creativity is located halfway to crazy.
But you might need to go all the way
to find it.
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The Common Thread:
Every man is a rope
strapped by a lasso mind
stranded with hope
strung out in time.
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How often do you diagnose yourself with mortality?
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Pry into your priorities
prior to
your activities…
If you put
first things first
they will last at last.
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Having produced a lasting masterpiece
will not give a master lasting peace.
The products are the leftovers.
The process is the feast.
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Human beings are longing for belonging
but they merely need to be seeing
that they already are
Being.
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I still remember my first dog
and dad
telling me "don't get too attached.”
I guess he was right about that
but then again
he died, too.
Just love what is
when it is.
That’s the best you can do.
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I understand now
for now
not for something tomorrow.
But at the same time...
I understand now
for now
not necessarily tomorrow.
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“The obstacle is the way.”
The setback is the life hack.
Whatever takes its toll
is a bridge to your soul.
Take any number of burdensome loads
they can form level-up cheat codes.
Topple the wall that seems most daunting
it's the sturdiest pad for launching.
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I've done a lot of "zeroing-in"
over the last year...
I am getting closer to being "here,"
but I am not yet there.
🤔😅
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…televisions, workouts, cell phones, rituals, careers, classes, languages…
(I could list them till I’m blue)
Here’s what is always true:
Whatever you program
programs you.
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Have you ever "almost died"?
Can you remember a time that something could've gone just a little differently and that could've "been the end of me?!"
Sometimes I think, "Maybe I DID die, actually," that day when I thought that the truck swerved the other way.
Maybe I DID die,
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The truth is
most people don't want to know the Truth
as much as they want others to know
that they know
the Truth.
(I should know.😅)
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Hey,
Nutrition Gurus & Health Enthusiasts,
Do you have any suggestions for improving?
🧵MY CONTEMPLATION DIET🧵
This is my daily plan to
support my primary health goal:
💪high-functioning longevity🧠
No, it's not just "coffee and contemplation" all day.
That's just how I
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If you had to watch one movie every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? 🤔😉🤣
Contemplation Station Broadcast:
🧵The Groundhog Day Phil-osophy
"The fool who persists in his folly will become wise."
-William Blake
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🧵I Dropped Out of College!
(Well, it was like 25 years ago and I did go back😅)
Have you ever made a bold, brilliant decision?
...and then later realized it was REALLY STUPID?
...and then much later realized that it wasn't brilliant or stupid, but it was NECESSARY?
The
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Your life is a book of blank pages.
Each day is one of those pages.
Are you starting a new chapter, today?
Or
Are you merely continuing the patterns of the previous pages?
Each "chapter" is taking yourself to a new perspective, a new "level" of consciousness.
Essentially,
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“Who am I?”
is the starting question
which most can understand.
But if you’re willing to be self-losing
it gets more fulfilling & confusing!
Now
Here
is the lasting last question
WHO can understand
“WHAT is I AM?!”
The One
answer to endure:
I am Not Sure.
-R B WHO
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🧵♾🧵
"God" is an infinite thread to infinity.
If we start with authenticity
we are already in
the vicinity.
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If you want something done right away
do it yourself.
If you want something done wrong
do it alone
and refuse all help.
If you truly want something done right
do it yourself,
with the best help!
Many luminaries shining one light.
Many organs supporting one health.
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Bipolarity is not the obstacle.
It's the vehicle.
The transmission has a 5th gear
and a reverse.
The excessive hope and fear
makes it tricky to traverse.
.
It's three steps forward
then two steps back,
but those can be regained
when you recognize that.
🧵Bipolarity
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🧵
Do you enjoy "mindless entertainment?"
🤔
⚠️
There are a lot of deepening questions in this thread.
I really hope that you don't mind.
😉
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Possessions Haunt Us
We're vexed by what we want next.
We're moored by harboring the stored.
.
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.
.
.
.
.
🏝️What is beneath this? Dive inward.
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Hello--
fellow contemplators, contrarians, wordsmiths, pun-dits, BS-ers, laughable tricksters and affable trolls,
WOULD YOU BUY THIS BOOK?!
☝️asking for a friend😉
🧵a 24 page sample
🎨illustrated by 12-yr-old son
I sure hope that Ambrose Bierce
is rolling over in his
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Dear mortal up there,
How often do YOU diagnose yourself
with mortality?
🪦MEMENTO MORI🧵
*Please feel free to reply with something that better fits your experience:
Hardly ever
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Whenever it hits me
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Daily on purpose
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Sometimes oddly all day
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.
🧵THE MASTER'S TOOLS 🪄
.
Have you ever felt
like you're carrying someone else's water?
or chopping someone else's wood?
.
.
Do you wanna
stop being a tool that fetches the master's tools?
You should.
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What is creativity at its heart?
Will you make it to the end?
Are you all ready
at the start?
It's You vs The Volcano
At first, you are not sure
if your life will amount to much.
An average Joe and a daily trudge.
Rolling that ball of dung up the hill.
Where is the fire?
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Is there an arrow laden flowchart
that can chart Flow?
What data could a roadmap impart
to help a flying crow?
Representing the Tao as set apart
is not the way
you know.
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Good Newsflash:
Jesus will not come back to us.
He already returns through us.
👆🏽What is this post?👆🏽
definitely not lukewarm!
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getting warmer...
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just a hot take ;)
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Road to Perdition HOT! :0
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The self is an i-
con
for the deceptive
magic.
The self is an i-
doll
for the illusory
show.
The self is an i-
land
for the erupting
Core.
The self is an i-
dentity
for the crisis of
opportunity.
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Sometimes, taking a step forward,
means having gratitude,
for a step that you took back.
🫵🏽☝️🏽
-You might wanna just stop up there with the bold words. Press "like" and move on. Or just move on.
-It's a nice and cute little insight (perhaps;).
-Take further steps into this
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If you try to find the paradoxical,
you won’t.
.
.
.
AHA!
It just found me.
A paradox of paradox: It comes to you when you stop trying to find it.
🤔 😂
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Hey Ultimate Truth Seeker,
Do YOU have a childhood memory that has deeply shaped your quest for Truth?
Please share--I'm truly curious.
...
Oh, me?
What's MY memory?
🤣Well, since you asked...
🧵Driving to the LOST & FOUND🚗
When I was about 10 years old, my somewhat
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Hey gardener,
The long winter is over...
Getting started is long overdue!
Have you started planting the seeds
of contemplation?
🧵A few starter seeds (only 7)
for contemplating contemplation.🌱
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Constructing a Garden:
If you yield to structured spontaneity,
you will yield spontaneous structures.
1. Do you have a morning routine?
(any time really)
2. What is it?
(key parts or full description)
3. How do you prevent your routine from feeling too routine?
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Listener up there,
When is the last time that you "touched grass?"
I wonder--What is the grass?
Let just one spear cleave you.
It'll bleed you & your self
but then needle & heal you
with sutras to perfect health.
🧵Song of Myself: A knit of identity.
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Contemplation is B.S.
If you understand this,
you are ready to contemplate.
🤔🚽💩👨🏽🌾
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Hey Creator,
If you think
“there’s nothing new under the sun”
get over it.
_____________________________________
HOW DO YOU RENEW YOUR CREATIVITY?
---------------------------------------
Does your method best fit one of these 4 categories?
(irony intended--feel free to make
with discipline/practice
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I change my setting
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I discard my old beliefs
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I dunno how-just happens!
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🧵🤔📜📱🎼🧻😂
We used to save all the wisest words
on a single scroll.
But now they're all doomed
to a scroll...
to an endless black hole...
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Should you seek spirituality
be aware of this reality:
the state that is ultimately sought
can't be found with an ought.
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Hey Writers,
Let’s have some spirited fun!
When replying,
Please compose YOUR verse!👇
….......................................................
Note to Self:
Most writing demonstrates what you know.
Spiritual writing expresses what you can’t know.
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This is a
"BUT HOLE REBIRTH"
...A WHAT???!!! you say. 😟
Basically,
by continuously applying "BUT"
to your thinking, you can open
your clenched analytical mind
to new experiences.🤣
It's like a rabbit hole,
but dug
with your contrarian within.🤔
🧵The BUT hole to True
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Are you all ready for this?!
🧵A thread that's so loong that it goes all the way to the point of infinity!
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Hey there internet-ers,
Do ya wanna:
-catch value in your net?
-increase your net worth?
-invest in a net that's beyond gross?!
What could be more captivating
than trying to capture EVERYTHING?
🧵Thread for the Net.
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🐡🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🦫
Your flow continues on the road
until you store its wealth.
That's how you get in the road
and dam yourself.
😇🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽👿
(Matthew 6:19)
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Hey health & fitness guru,
Are you just working out
or are you working out
what the body is all about?
..............................................
Hey master of the mind,
Are you composed
by notes that are mental
or are notes composed within
a body that's instrumental?
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Hey X-Raters,
Are your bad habits GETTING YOU DOWN?
Check out these 300 ideas for going to war!
"When the fight begins within himself,
a man's worth something." -Browning
🧵💪👿😇
Please feel free to share your own ideas & feedback for me.
***DISCLAIMERS:
--"300" is in
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Whatever you do, wherever you are
always raise the bar!!!
There's one time to lower it, though:
when you're in a game of limbo.
____________________
II😂😂😂😂😂II
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Self Development is not:
“a lesson now, then a test later.”
Nor is it:
“test now and learn lesson later”
Actually, it is:
ALL a test and a lesson
at once,
at once!
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Some mistakes are blessings in disguise...
How could forgiveness forge relationships
without the need to apologize?
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Hey imperfect human,
What does "FAILURE" usually mean to YOU?
Please feel free to add a reply that better fits your view! (All other replies are welcome, too!)
🧵This thread will be a great failure (prediction;).
a shortcoming to work on
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mere societal convention
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The fall after pride
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a downer to forget about
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🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫
The more things you say "no thanks" to
the more things you’ll actually have
to be thankful for.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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POLL QUESTION:
Which of these 4 best describe the "KEY" that YOU use to unlock your significant experiences?
"Significant" -->whatever YOU call it: peak, flow, holy spirit, awe, oneness, love, energy, aura, force, yada-yada-yoda...
🧵🎛️🔑Attuning Thread: On Key
^^This is an
a Contemplative practice
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a Meditative practice
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an Athletic practice
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an Artistic practice
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If you seek fulfillment by addition,
you'll come up empty.
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Goodbye Friends!
At least for now. 😊
After a year of over-posting almost every day 😅 , I’m probably due for a little break from it to put it back into proper context and regain some improved perspective on what I’m actually doing on here.
I’ll reassess in a couple weeks and
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If you want your best to get better,
you'd better give it your best!
...
First off, give it all you got
and then, give it the rest.
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Note to Self:
If you're expressing something beyond understanding
and still worrying about being misunderstood
then you are misunderstanding
the point.
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I used to experience "presence"
like deja vu
every now and again,
but currently
it's more like
NOW
again and again.
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Do ya wanna give that jerk
"a piece of your mind?!"
OR
Do you want peace of mind?
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DEJA VU is when you feel like you’re
having the same experience again.
So, what is it when you experience
DEJA VU again and again?
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you can’t control your own thinking
you can only think
you have control
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....................................
Help Wanted:
Your higher calling
is NOW hiring!
Inquire within
....................................
☝️Sometimes a sign is a sign.
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Sometimes, the only way
to get someone to listen
is to stop talking.
^^^
But, you can't always
use this strategy
because that would make it
a mute point.
😉🤫
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🪞two years of sobriety today👓
I couldn't exactly celebrate with drinks😅
so I took a personal day and decided to:
-get up at 3 to write (like usual)
-go for a longer walk than usual
-watch two personally meaningful movies...
Smoke Signals & A Star is Born both have
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Stop. trying. to. begin. again.
In the end of your sentience,
you’ll realize there were no endings
to begin with...
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Hey there,
do YOU want a perfect life?!
Well here,
is a simple way:
just persistently fail
to live a perfect
today.
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The present is an infinitesimal period of time,
which the past and future make tense.
Without those two illusions,
the present would be
as it actually is:
eternal,
forever hence.
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🤯 🧠 🦛 😂 😅
Ya better hang on
to your hippo-campus
for this one:
…………………………………………….
Things aren’t remembered
with reason.
Things are remembered
FOR a reason.
So, remember that
if you remember that.
…………………………………………….
IOW:
If you
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Hey X writer,
What do YOU think it means
to be a successful writer?
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If you can strongly believe your own beliefs,
quite a lot is achievable.
but
If you can un-believe your own beliefs,
you'll become unbelievable!
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Advantage is a sharp blade.
Disadvantage is a touchstone.
The first can cut both ways.
The latter can be a whetstone.
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People bind themselves
to whatever book
set them free.
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Imagine that X removed all:
-follower names & numbers
-titles & handles
-pics & banners
Would you know who is who?
Could you see value true?
.
And also imagine you have forgotten:
-your own account information
-all that you have ever posted
-all that you planned to post
Could
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If you figure out what you want,
that’s step one.
If you achieve it,
it’s done.
The time between,
when you struggle and strive
is the only time
it's alive.
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@axel7772_
YEAH or
finally wasn't tripping....
nice to be able to see where you are going for a change.
lol
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@AncientCWS
INSPIRING.
Thank you so much for sharing this!
Great to learn more about you!
Do adults make kids or kids make adults? I know personally I stopped binge drinking when I realized I had a negative influence on my kids. My oldest got to witness how I turned that all around,
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Have you ever heard that:
"The journey IS the destination."
Is it your goal
to fully reach that realization?
Ironically,
enjoying the process
that merely moves towards it
is the only path
that actually affords it.
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A worldview is a picture that's taken from
a narrow lens
and then projected upon a wide canvas.
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Believing in
a genius within
unlocks your
creative superpower!
But
believing that
you ARE the genius
that does the creative willin’
unlocks your
supervillain.
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Note to Self:
What do you really want to do?
Don't say: "Impossible."
Say: "I'm possible!"
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Dear
self-developing
& deeply-delving
daily writers,
Usually, when you sharpen a tool,
your mind grows dull
and your heart hardens
but
if you write till your pencil is dull,
your heart softens
and your mind sharpens.
And
if you burn the midnight oil
or wake up before first
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Your umbilical to The Source
cannot be cut,
but it will be blocked,
when it’s forced.
Gurus may loosen that clot,
but Flow can’t be outsourced.
...
Ruminate all of the masters,
one after another,
but draw your sustenance from
The One
Great Mother.
...
This is the
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Every human being is bipolar
with ups & downs
to a degree.
But that info is classified
into a "disorder category."
And that's how we perceive
and demonize dysfunction,
disfunctionally.
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Spiritual gifts are received
until they are no longer given
a way:
.
.
“Click” to open:
.
.
.
.
.
The gifts are a blessing,
even the one bother:
you can not
give presence
to another.
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I don’t have anything
to sell you
or to sell you on.
I’ll pass on all this
and pass on my best
until I pass on.
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